Thursday, February 18, 2010

THIRTEEN REASONS WHY

I want to talk about Hannah Baker. I dont know if i would call it praise for what she is doing, but i do like the idea that she is letting her peers know that the things they said or did affected her. Hannah tells us what happened to take her to that point. Her peers said and did awful things. I am reading this book and i am being open minded, meaning im not judging anyone. I definetly don't think Hannana should be criticized, after all, she was the victim. I do not want to sound harsh, but if you read about the things people did to her, she was victimized. The way i see it, Hannah felt she had noone to turn to,everyone she trusted betrayed her trust. She never had a true friend, she really went day-to-day alone. Hannah appeared to have withdrawn into a world of her own, being on the inside , looking out. How does it feel to go around people every day, and noone notices that there is something wrong, your parents don't even notice ? Well' Hannah let's us know how it feels, because this is what happened to her. I guess she felt why should she exist in a world, that doesnt even know she exists. Have you ever felt like that ? I am learning a lot from this story, it has even made me re-live some of my high school days, some very tough days. Again , i won't say i praise Hannah for letting her peers know that they are for the most part the reason for her act, but i am glad she let them know, because maybe they will think twice before they do or say something hurtful to someone else. I can't wait to finish this book, i am so curious to what was the final insult, incident or whatever, that caused Hannah to go through with this.

1 comment:

  1. This is a very thoughtful post, Linda. Your thoughts helped me understand Hannah better.

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